the ecology of happiness
Intersections
Collapse and Happiness
Environmentalists, peak oil -fanatics, “preppers” – they have long run under the rubric of Cassandras and crazy people. When you actually look at the people who are expecting a collapse of the contemporary “normal,” and are doing something about it, a different picture emerges, though – a much more “ecohappy” one.
Simple Steps, But Lifestyle Changes
Changing one’s life, caring better for one’s health… it all seems so hard, in such need of radical cuts. Selling all your stuff, moving to an exotic country and living off online enterprise, that seems just about enough to change things around – but who could do that?
Occupy, Critics, and the Quest for Unthinking
Occupy Wall Street has recently caught on, the media are starting to notice, people are wondering… Criticism of the Occupy Wall Street movement has quickly come to focus on a lack of demands. Many of the pundits seem to think that such a protest is like a hostage taking: there are some central demands, and [...]
Work Less, Live More… and more
Another case being made for putting sustainability – if you don’t like the word, you can call it survival, or progress, or reality – at the center of what we do. And at the same time, not another one of your average calls for sacrifice for the future, or to just grow with a tinge [...]
The top 5 regrets people make on their deathbeds
I feel like I’m recently writing too much about “bad” topics, and death may be the ultimate of them. Yet, as we often realize what’s really important only when it’s a bit late – in the extreme, on the deathbed – “The top 5 regrets people make on their deathbeds” on TheNextWeb fits so nicely [...]
“Human Planet” – a much-needed perspective
There’s all too much exceptionalism going around, as in, “we humans are different from other species, rules of ecology don’t apply to us.” Yet, one of environmentalism’s worst mistakes, in my opinion, is when it argues for an ecocentric perspective as if we were not human and didn’t primarily need to be concerned about ourselves rather [...]
Money and Happiness
The discussion still goes on: does money buy happiness? Is there a point at which more money does not give you more happiness? One interesting perspective comes from The Atlantic: “The Secret Fears of the Super-Rich.” We are still all human, and so comparing ourselves to others, wondering about our children, wanting our lives and [...]
